Collar-conditioning apparatus



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UNITED STATES PATENT (OFFICE.

GEORGE W. JOHNSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO THE AMERICANLAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COLLAR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-ConditioningApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in conditioning apparatus for usein laundering collars and the like preparatory to their introductionintoan ironing machine.

The regular laundering process includes the steps of washing,extracting, starching, drying, moistening and pressing, all preliminaryto the final step of ironing. Ac cording to the present invention, thisprocess is shortened by omitting and modifying some of the steps,namely, the steps of drying, moistening and pressing.

Accordingly, the objects of this invention are to provide an improvedapparatus in which laundry, such as collars and the like, may beproperly conditioned immediately after the starching of the work andimmediately preceding the introduction of the work into an ironingmachine; to provide means for liberating and removing a certain portionof moisture contained in the work so as to present the work to theironing machine with the proper degree of moisture; to provide vacuummeans for removing the moisture liberated from the work and at the sametime reduce the temperature of the work preparatory to its introductionto the ironing machine.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claims whenconsidered in connectlon with the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows my improved device in side elevation; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection taken on the line 3-3. of Fig.

1; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 14 of Fig. 3; andFig. 5 is a transverse sectional view showing a modified form of device.

The main casing which is supported upon the standards 1 comprises theside walls 2 0 and 3 and suitable end walls, the heating coils 5 beingenclosed in the heating chamber 4 which. forms the lower part of thecasing. The endless belt 6 extends through the heating chamber above theheating coils general way by reference numeral 10.' Another endless belt11 extends about the idlers 12 and is driven by means of the roll 13.The lower stretch of this second belt travels 1n contact with the upperstretch of the belt 6 so as to constitute a means for conveying the workthrough the casing, the work being received at the left-hand side of themachine and delivered to the ironing machine at the right.

The meansfor driving the belts comprises a pulley 14 which may beoperated from any suitable source of power and which has a clutchconnection 15 with the shaft 16. Fixed upon the shaft 16 is the worm 17which meshes with the gear 18 mounted upon the shaft 19. The worm 20fixed upon the shaft 19 meshes with and drives the gear 21 which in turnis fixed upon the shaft 22. The pinion 23 meshes with and is driven bythe gear 21 on shaft 22 and in turn drives the gear 24, which is fixedupon the shaft of the roll 7 for driving the same. The gear 25 mesheswith the gear 21 and is fixed upon the shaft of the roll 13 so as todrive the same. The clutch 15 is controlled through lever connections bythe operating handle 26. The tautness of belts 6 and 11 may be regulatedby means of screws 27 which are mounted in suitable brackets and areadapted to engage the bearings of the rolls at the two ends thereof.

Extending across the casing and just above the lower stretch of theupper belt, I

have provided a perforated plate 28 which constitutes a partitionbetween the lower heating chamber and the upper part of the casing. Thisplate 28 serves also as the bOt-i tom wall of a plurality of vacuumchambers 29 each of which is provided with an outlet 30 communicatingwith. the manifold 31.

-The vacuum connection 32 is provided for the manifold as a-suctionmeans for removing the moisture which is liberated from the work whichis introduced directly from the starcher and is subjected to the heat ofthe casing. The belts are of porous fabric so .the lower belt between asto permit the necessary circulation for such treatment.

According to Fig. 5,

theparts as to extend work which is received directly from the starcheris introduced into the left-hand side of the conditioning apparatus, asviewed in the present drawings, and is carried between the overlyingstretches of the endless belts so as to be exposed to the heat of theheating chamber and eventually delivered to the ironer on the right.Since the belts are madeof porous material, such as canvas or the like,the heat is permitted to freely pass through the belts and toliberate acertain degree of moisture from the work. This'released molsture isdrawn oif by means of the suction which'at the same time reduces theimproved apparatus for temperature of the work so as to be more easilyhandled in the ironing machine.

Thus it will be seen thatI have devised an placing starched work inproperbondition to be introduced into the lroninv machine, and have inthis way shortened the ordinary laundering process.

What I claim is 1. A laundry conditioning apparatus comrising a casinghaving a eatlng chamber "in the lower part thereof, means for convey-.ing starched work through said heating 1 chamber, a perforated plateextending across sa d casing and prov ding a chamber above of the work,and suctlon means located above said plate and adapted to recomprising acasing havin move moisture released from the work and to reduce thetemperature of the'work.

2. A laundry conditioning apparatus comprising a casing havin a heatingchamber in the lower part thereo ,means for conveying.

starched'work through said heating chamber, a perforated plate extendingacross said casing above the path of the work, a plurality of vacuumchambers located above said plate, and a manifold outlet connection forsaid vacuum chambers, whereby the moisture released from the work isremoved and the temperature of the work is reduced.

apparatus 3. A laundry conditioning a heatmg chamber, means forconveying starched work through said heating chamber, a perforated plateextendin across said casing and providing a cham er on the opposite 1through the casing,

side of the path of work from said heating chambenand suction meansarranged to remove the moisture released from the work by drawing thesame through said perforated plate. 1 I

4. A laundry conditioning apparatus comprising a casing, means forconveying starched work through said casing, a per' forated plateextending acrossv said casing and co=operating with said conveying meansso as to constitute a guiding means-for the work in its path of travel,and means for removing moisture from the work by withdrawing the samethrough said perforated plate.

5. A laundry comprising a casing, means for conveying starched workthrough said casing apertured conditioning apparatus means co-operatingwith said conveying ing and having an apertured wall past which the workis moved, and means for freeing moisture from the work and removingthesame out through said manifold connection.

7'. A laundry conditioning apparatus comprising a casing,- a orous beltfor conveying starched work t rough said casing, apertured meansco-operatmg with said belt so as to guide the work in its travel andmeans for providing a current of air through said belt and aperturedmeans so as to remove moisture from the Work.

8. A laundry conditioning apparatus comprising a casing, foraminous,means for conveying starched work through the casing, comparativelyrigid apertured means extending in close proximity to said foraminousconveying means, and means for forcing air through said conveying meansand. apertured means so as to remove moisture froln the work, said partsbeing so constructed and arranged that said apertured ,means serves topreventundue movement of said conveying means out of a predeterminedpath.

9. A laundry conditioning apparatus comprising a casing, foraminousbelts extending through said casing and arranged to feed starched workthrough the casing by engaging opposite sides of the work, comparativelyrigid apertured means extending in close proximity to said belts, andmeans for forcing air through said belts and apertured means so as toremove moisture from the work, said parts being so constructed andarranged that said apertured means portion of the belts out of apredecomprising a casing, means including an endless belt for conveyingstarched Work through said casing, heating meansarranged in said casingon both sides of one of the stretches of the belt and in intimaterelation to the path of travel of the Work, and means for removingmoisture from the cas n testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature.

GEORGE W. JOHNSON.

